Lombard Trustee Laura Fitzpatrick has spent more than 30 hours working to finish this painting of historic sites in Lombard by the late muralist Vern Milem. Her work has drawn criticism from Brian Diskin of Wheaton, a freelance cartoonist who teaches at the College of DuPage.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

The former Lincoln school is depicted on an incomplete painting Lombard Trustee Laura Fitzpatrick is working to finish. The painting hung above the front desk at village hall and was taken down while the desk is undergoing renovations.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

The Lombard Hotel is one of several historic buildings in the Lilac Village shown on an incomplete painting Trustee Laura Fitzpatrick is working to complete.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer